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Pulse RESEARCH

2013

126TH ANNUAL ThursDAY, OCTOBER 3

Publishers, Editors, Ad Managers

10:15-10:45 a.m.

Ethics and Conflicts at Community Newspapers

Everyone 5-7 P.M

JOIN US FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION Waterstreet Café, 610 Water St. SW, Downtown Olympia Sponsored by The Olympian

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MODERATOR Bill Will, WNPA Executive Director PANELISTS Michele Earl-Hubbard, Allied Law Group, Seattle Karen Peterson, The News Tribune, Tacoma Bill Shaw, Sound Publishing Inc., Bellevue Scott Wilson, Port Townsend Leader Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility, says the code of ethics of Society of Professional Journalists. In the working world, how does a small staff maintain ethical separation between news and opinion and between news and advertising? Learn from our experts — publisher, executive editor, advertising manager, attorney — how to deal with ethical dilemmas almost certain to arise in news rooms and advertising departments.

Everyone

8:30-10 a.m.

Innovation Mission: Top Takeaways That Will Give You a Big ROI! Peter Conti, Local Media Association From the successes of newspapers small and large, you’ll be inspired both in the moment and in the months to come to capitalize on your newspaper’s opportunities to lead technical innovation and community connection for your readers. Peter Conti will also bring you takeaway moneymakers from LMA’s Innovation Mission tour this year and great ideas for how to increase print revenue. Sales and Marketing Director for LMA since late 2012, Peter Conti has been engaged in traditional and online business start-ups for more than 20 years. He received the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s 2010 Service Excellence Award for his dedication and leadership in helping educate local marketers and ad agencies. Before coming to LMA, Peter was with Borrell Associates, Media General, and Landmark Communications Inc. He has taught global Internet marketing at Virginia Commonwealth University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Radio, TV & Film from the University of Maryland.

Michele Earl-Hubbard, a renowned media law and open government law attorney, is President of Allied Law Group (ALG). She has been named to Best Lawyers in America for First Amendment and Media Law every year since 2006 and also for First Amendment and Media Law Litigation since 2012. ALG, which she co-founded in 2007, has been named to the list of “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News and World Reports every year since the rankings began (2010) in the area of Media Law. Earl-Hubbard has been the main hotline attorney for WNPA newspapers for many years. Karen Peterson was named executive editor of The News Tribune in 2008. In 2009, she gained editorial responsibility for The Olympian, as well. Both are owned by McClatchy Newspapers. Peterson joined TNT in 2000 as suburban team leader. She had been a reporter and editor for newspapers in Hawaii and Indiana, and for an Army publication in Germany. She is a member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

See page 5 for prize drawing! Must be present to win.

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Bill Shaw is publisher of Sound Publishing’s Snoqualmie Valley Record and regional publisher of the company’s Reporter newspapers serving Bellevue, Mercer Island, Issaquah and Sammamish. Shaw started his journalism career in 1998 as an advertising executive with the former Journal-American of Bellevue. He was promoted to new roles as the newspaper became the Eastside Journal and then King County Journal. Sound Publishing bought the Journal and in 2007 named Shaw marketing director of the Reporter Newspaper Group. Publisher of the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader, Scott Wilson joined the newspaper in 1989 and became publisher in 2001. Wilson is president of the WNPA Foundation and many times has served as Educator in Residence at local colleges and universities. A past president of WNPA (2002) and the Washington Coalition for Open Government (2004), Wilson is the 2005 winner of the Miles Turnbull Master Editor/ Publisher Award.

Ad Reps

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Proven Principles of Effective Advertising [Part 1] Kelly Wirges, ProMax Training In this experiential session, Wirges starts with an introduction of the challenges and opportunities in advertising in today’s changing environment. An interactive and informative team contest follows, where participants will test and share their knowledge in a lively group exchange. The exercise and related debriefing sets the stage for reps to understand and apply the proven principles of effective advertising. (See Parts 2 and 3 below.) Kelly Wirges is known for her ability to combine a dynamic presentation and lively interaction with the necessary information and tools to achieve the desired results. She has assisted media companies in increasing sales and revenue in all facets of the business for more than 25 years. ProMax Training & Consulting, Inc., which she founded in 1993, develops practical, customized solutions that help companies retain, develop and align talent with business strategies. Wirges has authored 50 training programs, customized programs for hundreds of companies and facilitated to over 100,000 people. Maintaining partnerships with leading media organizations across the country, Kelly has received national notoriety for her program development, interactive and fun workshops and content-rich materials. She holds an advertising and marketing degree from the University of Nebraska and a graphic design degree from Platt College in Ontario, Calif. WNPA 126TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

Kelly Wirges presented three advertising sessions for our 2013 Convention. The presentations were strong, well-organized and contained relevant information for all sizes of newspapers. Jana Shepherd | Program Director | Iowa Newspaper Foundation

Publishers, Editors, Reporters 2-3:30 p.m.

Tribal Nations and the Media MODERATOR Richard Walker, North Kitsap Herald, Poulsbo PANELISTS W. Ron Allen, chairman, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Frances Charles, chairwoman, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Darrell Hillaire, treasurer & past chairman, Lummi Indian Nation Cynthia Iyall, chairwoman, Nisqually Tribe Jackie Jacobs, media relations officer, Quileute Tribe This is believed to be WNPA’s first session addressing the topic of media coverage of Tribal governments and indigenous peoples in Washington state. Our five distinguished panelists will discuss and answer questions about sovereignty; assumptions, misperceptions and double standards in reporting; understanding and reporting on the richness of Native culture and lives; accomplishing regular coverage of Indian Country, rather than coverage that is precipitated by an event; terminology (regalia vs. costume, gaming vs. gambling, etc.); respecting the sacred (protocols and standards); and access to Tribal lands and events. Richard Walker is editor of the North Kitsap Herald, Poulsbo, and is a correspondent for Indian Country Today Media Network. He was previously an editor and reporter in California, Utah and Alabama. He enjoys cultural activities, golf, kayaking, swimming, and exploring the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Molly. The Hon. W. Ron Allen has served as chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (Port Townsend) since 1975. Former president of the National Congress of American Indians, he is its current treasurer and also chairs the Washington Indian Gaming Association. In addition, he served as co-chairman of the U.S. Interior Department’s Self-Governance Advisory Committee (12 years) and as a member of the U.S./Canada Pacific Salmon Commission (16 years). He graduated from University

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of Washington with degrees in economics and political science. The Hon. Frances Charles has served as chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (Port Angeles) for 16 years. She played a vital role in the recovery of Tse-whit-zen, one of the largest archaeological recoveries in the Northwest, and in the removal of the Elwha River dams and in the river’s ecological restoration. She formerly was a fire crew leader in the Olympic National Forest. The Hon. Darrell Hillaire is treasurer and former chairman of the Lummi Indian Nation (Bellingham), and founder of the Lummi Youth Academy. In 2013 he received the Legacy Award from the Center for Ethical Leadership in Seattle. Hillaire produced an audio version of “Beginnings: A Meditation on Coast Salish Lifeways,” by Patrick J. Twohy, and the play, “What About Those Promises?” about unfulfilled promises in the Treaty of Point Elliott. The Hon. Cynthia Iyall has served as chairwoman of the Nisqually Indian Tribe (Olympia) since 2006. She is treasurer of the Washington Indian Gaming Association and former senior economic development planner for the Nisqually Tribe. A descendant of Chief Leschi, Iyall helped lead a two-year effort to get Chief Leschi’s 1855 murder case reopened, leading to his exoneration in 2004. Jackie Jacobs, publicist for the Quileute Nation (LaPush), was retained in the wake of “Twilight” to help the public understand the Quileute culture and people. She is the founder and principal of JTalentgroup, a Seattle-based entertainment agency. She has a bachelor’s degree in public relations from University of North Carolina at Pembroke and is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe.

Ad Reps

2-3:30 p.m.

Proven Principles of Effective Advertising [Part 2] Kelly Wirges, ProMax Training Advertising reps will learn how to evaluate, compare and prepare media plans like a professional media consultant should. Wirges explains when a business should advertise more and when it should advertise less to achieve maximum ROI. She also stresses the key strengths of strategically incorporating various media to create a win-win-win -- a win for the client, the company and your commission check! (See part 3 below.) 4

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We had Kelly present multiple sessions two years in a row. Our members basically begged us to have her back. (Seriously.) She offers many, many topics from which you may choose, and all are fresh, appropriate to current business conditions, and she is an absolutely first-class presenter/ instructor. Barry Locher | Member Services Director | Illinois Press Association

Reporters, Editors 3:45-5 p.m.

Practical Reporting Panel: You Asked For It! MODERATOR Stephen McFadden, Ritzville-Adams County Journal PANELISTS Sarah Duran, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle Polly Keary, Monroe Monitor Brian Kelly, Bainbridge Island Review Covering crime, cops and courts, ferreting out the best stories from government packets, making covering meetings more exciting for readers: Convention attendees last year requested those topics, and our award-winning panelists will address them as well as issues raised by the audience. Panelists will share their habits, experiences and belief that it’s still all about the oldfashioned skill of working the beat and working a source. Stephen McFadden, WNPA President in 2005 and 2006, has been owner and publisher of the Ritzville-Adams County Journal since 2004. Previously he was reporter and general manager of the Toppenish Review, where he was mentored by Jim Flint, WNPA President in 1977. McFadden returned to the WNPA board in 2010. Sarah Duran is a media and intellectual property lawyer with Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, and covered cops and courts before starting law school. Her involvement in media legal matters includes assisting with access disputes, opposing subpoenas issued to journalists, and defending First Amendment rights and defamation claims. Her intellectual property work includes trademark and copyright prosecution, counseling and enforcement.

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Bainbridge Island Review Editor since March 2012, Brian Kelly started in newspapers as a photographer in 1983. Before joining the Review, he was editor of the South Whidbey Record in Langley, reported for the Everett Daily Herald and the Seattle Times, and was editor of Snoqualmie Valley Record. Kelly graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 Enter to Win a Nexus 7 Tablet Entry form provided in convention packets at registration. Drawing at Saturday morning breakfast. Must be present to win.

Ad Reps

3:45-5 p.m.

Proven Principles of Effective Advertising [Part 3] Kelly Wirges, ProMax Training In the final session of this three-part series, Wirges discusses a variety of elements that assist clients in achieving success with their advertising. Reps will experience an easy method of learning critical information about advertisers and their budgets that works every time! Wirges will teach ad reps how to recommend multi-media advertising solutions in a manner that leads to sales. Participants will emerge from this program equipped to sell the right products at the right time to produce the right results for their customers.

A sales representative with 30 years experience in print media told me afterward that Kelly’s was the best training session he had ever attended. The consensus of our board of directors was that the session was the most worthwhile training we have ever offered our members. Tom West | President | Minnesota Free Paper Association

Ad Managers, Publishers

Reporters 8:30-10 a.m.

Photography for Reporters David Dick, David Dick Photography Reporters after last year’s convention asked for more handson, set-it-up-outside experience, and this session will provide plenty of that. Learn how to set up a dynamic shot, where you should stand to use lighting conditions to your advantage, and how to direct people and get a good expression. Details on how to select and crop to get the best images for your story will be covered. This award-winning presenter knows your job. For over a decade, David Dick has been a professional photographer in the beautiful Kittitas Valley. His experience ranges from capturing photojournalistic images for the Daily Record in Ellensburg to his current assignments shooting landscapes, portraits, weddings and just about anything with David Dick Photography. He trained as both a fine arts photographer and a journalist at Central Washington University.

3:45-5 p.m.

Best Ad Ideas is Back!

Ad Managers, Publishers, Editors 8:30-10 a.m.

Peter Conti, Local Media Association Bring tearsheets or printouts of your best ads — ROP, special section ad, online ad or ad campaign — and 25 samples to share. Choose any ad that produced well for your client’s brand, product or service. You’ll tell the story of how well it worked for you and your client. Votes by the audience award cash prizes of $25, $50 or $75 to the very best!

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Dynamics of a High Performance Team Kelly Wirges, ProMax Training Dynamics of a High Performance Team is a fun and informative workshop. It puts participants into a variety of scenarios to let them experience firsthand the importance of effectively working as a team and the role each person plays in the overall success of an organization. This session also teaches methods to building a solid team, and discusses the value of diversity and successful communication techniques necessary in accomplishing goals and meeting the needs of the customer, whether reader or advertising client.

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Kelly Wirges, ProMax Training & Consulting, Inc., would be great to have as a presenter for our group of publishers and ad managers, and even for editors. She really makes you think about your management style and the amount of kudos you are giving your team. Polly Shepherd | Regional Publisher, South Division | Sound Publishing Inc. | WNPA Ad Committee Member

8:30-10 a.m.

Creating Team Successes Advertising Teams at Nisqually Valley News, Yelm Port Townsend Leader Where can advertising reps make a difference on their teams? You’ll find out during this insider’s look at the processes and systems of the Port Townsend Leader and Yelm’s Nisqually Valley News, where the teams take different approaches. Ad reps will hear how these two teams work together to benefit advertisers, teammates and the newspapers’ bottom line. You’ll also see a half-dozen or more of each team’s best ads and ad campaigns. Prepare to steal ideas!

Nisqually Valley News Angie Evans began her advertising sales career at Yelm’s Nisqually Valley News in 2003. Two years later, she was promoted to advertising manager and elected to the board of directors for the Yelm Area Chamber of Commerce. Evans has been active in the Yelm Midday Lions since 2004, four of those years as president. “Newspaper advertising is the easiest thing there is to sell,” said Evans. “Businesses need us as much as we need them.” Nicole Kiourkas is the production manager for the Nisqually Valley News and has been with the company for more than eight years. She holds a degree in Digital Imaging and Prepress Technology. Kiourkas designs and paginates all of the paper’s publications and media materials. Last year she designed the promotional materials for WNPA’s 125th Anniversary Convention and redesigned the house ads for WNPA’s 2x2 Impact Ad Network.

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Dominic Pangelinan is a Leader marketing consultant. Before joining the newspaper, for four years he taught high school English in the Northern Mariana Islands, where he was born. Pangelinan earned a degree in fine arts in 2005 and anthropology in 2007 at Washington State University while working for the college print shop. After graduation, he helped a new printer-cartridge shop grow into a profitable enterprise. Marketing Director Catherine Brewer got her introduction to advertising going on calls with her dad, a radio sales director. Before landing at the Leader she was a marketing rep in Sound Publishing’s San Juan News Group. Previously Brewer was a grant writer and program director for programs for homeless and lowincome families. She considers advertising and sales as meaningful and exciting work: Much like grant writing, in advertising there is a compelling story to find and then tell.

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small business and owned a quaint little flower shop. Her passions include floral design, photography, her dogs and family.

Chris Hawley, graphic designer and Port Townsend native, has been at the Leader since 1987. A brief conversation with then-publisher Frank Garred got him the job: “Can you type? Good enough. The job’s yours.” Responsible for graphic design and layout of ads and news pages, Hawley occasionally liaises between clients and the marketing department. He also hosts a radio show, endures CrossFit, and keeps his yard under control.

Reporters, Editors, Publishers 10:15 a.m.-noon

How the Internet is Changing Newspapers MODERATOR Patrick Sullivan, Port Townsend Leader PANELISTS Sue Burzynski Bullard, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Valery Jorgensen, Student, Pacific Lutheran University Casey McNerthey, KIRO-TV Tyler Miller, Daily Record, Ellensburg From this mix of online, college, small daily and weekly professionals, hear where they think the techno-wave is going next. Get the latest on Twitter and video and why you should care. Learn new ideas about maximizing the opportunities your website offers and what advertisers want. Bullard will draw on her 2013 survey of editors to share some of the best newsroom practices for using social media, emphasizing ideas of use at smaller newspapers. Miller will outline his experiences with Pioneer News Group’s yearlong multimedia campaign to raise awareness of the company’s diverse products among staff, advertisers and community members.

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Patrick J. Sullivan, moderator, has been an editor at the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader since 1989. A University of Montana graduate who learned from all-time great community newspaper publishers in Montana and Washington, he chairs the WNPA Better Newspaper Contest Committee. Sue Burzynski Bullard, associate professor in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is also the former managing editor of the Detroit News. Bullard spent most of her life in a newsroom. In August 2013 she presented outcomes of her recent editors’ survey to gather best practices for using social media in the newsroom at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications conference in Washington D.C. Valery Jorgensen, a junior at Pacific Lutheran University, is majoring in communication with an emphasis in journalism and pursuing a business administration minor. She is currently involved in MediaLab, a student-run multimedia organization, as a journalist and videographer. She also writes for PLU’s student-run newspaper, the Mooring Mast. After college, she aspires to work in the media and is interested in reporting for a newspaper. Casey McNerthey recently joined KIRO-TV as its online content editor. He had been a reporter for the previous nine years, first for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and then for seattlepi.com. In the last half of 2010, he collaborated with Feliks Banel on a weekly culture and history podcast for seattlepi.com. McNerthey is a graduate of Western Washington University in business administration and marketing. Ellensburg Daily Record Publisher Tyler Miller was promoted to publisher in November 2010 after serving as advertising director for more than three years. He has 13 years of experience in the newspaper industry. Before moving to Ellensburg, he ran the advertising department for 14 weekly newspapers in the Denver metro area and was an advertising sales representative for the Idaho Statesman in Boise. Miller graduated from Brigham Young University in Utah with a degree in marketing.

Ad Managers, Publishers 10:15 a.m.-noon

Dynamics of a High Performance Advertising Team Kelly Wirges, ProMax Training Advertising managers and publishers will learn to apply the WNPA 126TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

ideas and experiences learned in the 8:30-10 a.m. session specifically in the context of their advertising teams. The session will encourage participants to proactively make adjustments in their coaching, management and leadership styles that will have immediate impact on their own success as leaders and their ad reps’ success as a sales force.

Kelly consistently receives some of the highest evaluation scores from our members. The information she presents is always interesting, timely and actionable. We selected her as a keynote speaker for both days of our July 2013 Virtual Sales Training webinars. Al Cupo | Vice President | Local Media Association

Ad Reps

10:15 a.m.-noon

Ad Reps Round Table: Time and Tools Lee Ann Mozes, Whidbey News Group Terrie McClay, Marysville Globe and Arlington Times Time and tools are a big part of creating more opportunities to grow your business. You’ll get a handle on both at this interactive session taught by two seasoned experts. Learn how to organize yourself to sell multiple products in one call, so you can connect with more businesses in a week. And learn how to make those calls productive by packaging your newspapers’ advertising opportunities so your clients will quickly understand the options and their values. These tools will put you in charge of your future numbers! With more than 20 years’ sales and management experience, Lee Ann Mozes knows how to help businesses succeed. Mozes was recently promoted to General Manager of the Whidbey News-Times (Oak Harbor), Whidbey Crosswind (Whidbey Island) and Whidbey Examiner (Coupeville). Her understanding of product flow, seasonal ups and downs, economic impacts and the versatility of advertising options helps her guide her teams to better serve their communities. Advertising consultant Terrie McClay represents the Arlington Times and the Marysville Globe, selling into the newspapers, special sections, preprints and online products, as well as cross selling into other Sound Publishing print publications. To build account revenue, McClay uses analysis reports of market demographics and trends she identifies through Pulse Research and works closely with clients to develop spec campaigns and create positioning strategies. Previously she was with Skagit Publishing Co.

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